A possible change in cloud radiative forcing due to aircraft exhaust

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1673-1676

  Wyser, K ^a   Strom J ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLOUDS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; ICE; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; EXHAUST GASES; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

AIRCRAFT EXHAUSTS; ATMOSPHERIC COLUMNS; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; ICE WATER CONTENT; ICE WATER PATHS; RADIATIVE PROPERTIES; SIZE REDUCTIONS; SURFACE ALBEDO;

FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

CIRRUS CLOUDS; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING;

AIRCRAFT EXHAUST; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING;

EID: 0032523690     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL51091     Document Type: Article

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